Thirty-two years later, Vic Deakins is a successful pharmaceutical executive in upstate New York. He has a beautiful wife, a son in college, and a reputation for quiet integrity. The war is a locked drawer in his mind. Benjamin Tyson, however, never left the jungle. He teaches military history at a small college, drinks too much, and stares at the ceiling at 3 AM. The ghosts of My Lai—for that is what it was—follow him everywhere.
"Do you remember their faces?"
Silence. Then Tyson’s rasping voice: "We made a promise, Vic. Word of honor." word of honor -2003 film-
But Deakins’s son, home from college, looks at him with cold, new eyes. "Dad, is it true?" Thirty-two years later, Vic Deakins is a successful